Place · STEM & discovery

Golden State Model Railroad Museum (Point Richmond)

When

Visit on your scheduleApril–December: Sundays 12 noon–4 pm (Oct–Dec) / 12–5 pm (Apr–Sep) with trains running; Saturdays same hours, layouts open for viewing with no trains running (free). Closed January–March and on weekday holidays.

Where

Golden State Model Railroad Museum900-A Dornan Drive, Point Richmond, CA 94801Open in Google Maps ↗

Ages

for young and old

Cost

When trains are running: $5 adults and children 12+; $3 seniors (63+); $3 children 4–11; free under 4; $10 families. Saturdays (no trains): free admission.Fully wheelchair accessible.

Organizer

Golden State Model Railroad Museum (East Bay Regional Park District facility)

A volunteer-run museum of operating model trains in a 10,000-square-foot building at Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline in Point Richmond. Detailed O, HO and N scale layouts recreate Northern and Central California scenery, with freight and passenger trains from the steam era to modern diesels, and children can follow the trains along more than 200 feet of public walkway. On Sundays from April through December the trains run on all layouts (12 noon–5 pm April–September, 12 noon–4 pm October–December) and admission is charged; on Saturdays the layouts are open to look at but the trains are not running, and admission is free. The museum is closed January through March and on holidays that fall on weekdays; it says it typically adds holiday train shows in late December and posts them on its website. Tickets are sold at the door (cash and cards). The building is fully wheelchair accessible; parking inside the gates is very limited, with more along the road and in the Miller/Knox lot across the street.